Mental Health Crisis Response And Mountain Valley Pipeline, Inside Appalachia

This week, people with mental health challenges or substance use disorder often end up in jail. But crisis response teams offer another way. Also, one year after the Mountain Valley Pipeline went into service, people who live directly in the pipeline’s path have received compensation. But not everyone. And, the Sacred Harp songbook gets an update for the first time since the early 1990s.

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WVPB News Jessica Lilly, May. 27, 2015

Southern W.Va. Just Days Away from Non-Medical, Inpatient Treatment

While other parts of the state are seeing a rapid increase in heroin overdoses, southern West Virginia continues to battle a prescription pill problem. As…

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WVPB News May. 30, 2014

One Woman's Mission Against Heroin Addiction

Editor's Note: This week we have been airing a series of stories concerning heroin, and the problems it’s creating in the state. Today we conclude our…

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WVPB News May. 29, 2014

What Are The Solutions To Solving The State's Heroin Problem?

There were few heroin deaths in West Virginia in 2001. That’s about the time William Ihlenfeld started working as a prosecutor in the state’s legal…

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WVPB News May. 27, 2014

'It's Like Playing Russian Roulette With Your Life'---The Struggle With Heroin Addiction

Editor's Note: West Virginia Public Radio is airing a four part series on heroin addiction in West Virginia. The number of deaths attributed to heroin…

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